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Language: Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Source/Author:  James Matisoff 
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Notes:  Matisoff, James. 2003. Handbook of Proto-Tibeto-Burman: System and Philosophy of Sino-Tibetan Reconstruction. Berkeley: University of California Press. 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Andrew C. Hsiu  Checked By:  
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  • Total Data: 212
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Classification:  Sino-Tibetan:Tibeto-Burman 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
5 to walk      
8 to turn word info      
9 to swim      
10 dirty      
19 shoulder      
47 to yawn      
49 to lie down word info      
58 wife      
62 thatch/roof      
64 to say      
69 to hunt word info      
71 to stab, pierce      
72 to hit word info      
78 to cut, hack word info      
80 to split word info      
82 dull, blunt      
83 to work word info      
86 to grow word info      
89 to hold word info      
112 rotten word info      
124 sea      
126 lake      
137 to blow word info      
138 warm word info      
142 heavy      
151 green      
154 short word info      
155 long word info      
161 shy, ashamed      
165 bad, evil      
170 when? word info      
172 to climb word info      
173 at      
174 in, inside      
175 above      
178 that      
181 where? word info      
184 he/she      
185 we word info      
186 you      
187 they      
188 what? word info      
189 who? word info      
190 other      
192 and      
193 if      
194 how? word info      
195 no, not      
208 Fifty word info      
1 hand *l(y)ak      
2 left *bʷay      
3 right *g-ya ~ *g-ra      
4 leg/foot *r-kaŋ ~ *keŋ      
6 road/path *lam      
7 to come *la-y      
11 dust *mu:k      
11 dust *r-dul ~ *r-tul      
12 skin *pʷul ~ *pʷil      
12 skin *pun ~ *pin      
13 back word info *s-nuŋ ~ *s-nuk      
14 belly *pu:k      
14 belly *grwat      
15 bone *s-rus ~ *m-rus ~ *g-rus      
16 intestines *pʷik      
17 liver *m-sin      
18 breast *dz(y)o:p ~ *ts(y)o:p also means milk or to suck    
20 to know, be knowledgeable *syey-s      
21 to think *s-nyam      
22 to fear *krok ~ *krak ~ *grok      
22 to fear *grak      
23 blood *s-hywəy      
24 head *d-bu-s      
25 neck *s-ke-k      
25 neck *m-liŋ      
25 neck *tuk ~ *twak      
26 hair word info *kra      
26 hair word info *ney      
26 hair word info *sam ~ *tsam      
27 nose *s-na ~ *s-na:r      
28 to breathe *r-sak      
29 to sniff, smell *m-nam ~ *s-nam      
30 mouth *mu:r      
31 tooth *swa      
32 tongue *m-lay ~ *s-lay ~ *s-ley      
33 to laugh *m-nwi(y)-k      
33 to laugh *r(y)ay ~ *r(y)a-t(s)      
34 to cry *krap      
34 to cry *ŋəw      
35 to vomit *m-pat      
36 to spit *m-ts(y)il ~ *m-tśril      
37 to eat *dzya      
38 to chew word info *g-wa-t      
39 to cook word info *s-glak      
39 to cook word info *tsyow      
40 to drink *ʔam      
41 to bite *hap      
41 to bite *tsat      
41 to bite *gam      
42 to suck *dz(y)o:p ~ *ts(y)o:p also means milk or breast    
43 ear *r-na ~ *g-na also means to hear or listen    
44 to hear *s-ta-s      
45 eye *mik ~ *myak      
46 to see *mraŋ      
48 to sleep *s-yip ~ *s-yup      
50 to dream *r-maŋ ~ *s-maŋ ~ *mak      
51 to sit *m-duŋ ~ *m-tuŋ      
52 to stand *g-r(y)ap      
53 person/human being *r-mi(y)-n      
54 man/male *pʷa      
55 woman/female *mi      
55 woman/female *nya      
56 child *tsa-n ~ *za-n      
57 husband *pʷa      
59 mother *ma-n      
59 mother *m-na      
60 father *pʷa      
61 house *k-yim ~ *k-yum      
63 name *r-miŋ ~ *s-miŋ      
65 rope *rey      
66 to tie up, fasten *g(y)it ~ *g(y)ik      
66 to tie up, fasten *s-dut      
67 to sew word info *byar ~ *pyar      
68 needle *k-rap ~ *k-ram      
68 needle *kap      
70 to shoot word info *ga:p ~ *ʔap      
70 to shoot word info *m-puk      
73 to steal *r-kəw ~ *r-kun ~ *r-kut      
74 to kill *g-sat ~ *b-sat      
75 to die, be dead *səy      
76 to live, be alive *g-na-s      
76 to live, be alive *s-riŋ ~ *s-r(y)aŋ alive, raw, to be born    
77 to scratch word info *ku(:)t      
77 to scratch word info *hyak      
77 to scratch word info *m-kret      
79 stick/wood *siŋ ~ *sik tree / wood    
81 sharp *s-ryam      
81 sharp *tak      
84 to plant *tsow-t      
85 to choose *s-ril      
87 to swell word info *bwap ~ s-bwam      
88 to squeeze word info *s-ni(:)p ~ *s-nyap ~ *s-nu(:)p      
90 to dig *tu ~ *s-du ~ *m-du      
91 to buy *b-rey      
91 to buy *r-ley      
92 to open, uncover *m-ka      
93 to pound, beat word info *da:y ~ *ta:y      
94 to throw word info *s-ba(:y) ~ *m-ba(:y)      
95 to fall word info *kla-k ~ *kla-y ~ *kla-t alternative: *gla-k/y/t    
96 dog *d-kʷəy-n      
97 bird *bya      
97 bird *s-ŋak      
98 egg *t(w)i(y)      
99 feather *mul ~ *mil ~ *myal      
100 wing *duŋ      
101 to fly *byam      
101 to fly *pur ~ *pir      
102 rat *r-wak      
103 meat/flesh *sya-n      
104 fat/grease *sa:w      
104 fat/grease *tsil      
105 tail *r-may ~ *r-mey ~ *r-mi      
106 snake *s-b-ru:l ~ *s-m-ru:l      
107 worm (earthworm) *zril      
108 louse word info *s-r(y)ik      
108 louse word info *s(y)ar      
109 mosquito *kraŋ      
110 spider *m-kaŋ      
110 spider *kaŋ ~ *waŋ      
111 fish *s-ŋya      
113 branch word info *ka:k      
113 branch word info *ku:ŋ      
114 leaf *la      
114 leaf *lap      
114 leaf *pak      
115 root *bul ~ *pul stump / tree / root    
116 flower *ba:r      
117 fruit *sey      
118 grass *mrak ~ *mruk      
119 earth/soil *m-ley ~ *m-ləy      
119 earth/soil *sa      
120 stone *b-rak      
120 stone *r-luŋ ~ *k-luk      
121 sand *z(l)a-y      
122 water word info *twəy      
123 to flow *sywar ~ *sywa-n ~ *sywa-t      
125 salt *tsa      
125 salt *gryum      
127 woods/forest *b-liŋ      
127 woods/forest *ram jungle, forest, field, country    
128 sky *r-məw      
128 sky *m-ka-n      
129 moon *s-la ~ *g-la      
130 star *s-kar      
131 cloud word info *r-məw also means sky / heavens    
132 fog *jan      
133 rain *r-wa ~ *s-wa ~ *g-wa      
134 thunder *m-bruŋ ~ *m-bruk thunder / dragon    
135 lightning *s-lyap      
135 lightning *gle:k      
136 wind *g-ləy      
139 cold word info *glaŋ      
139 cold word info *graŋ      
139 cold word info *m-glak      
139 cold word info *ʔ-glak      
140 dry word info *he:r-s      
141 wet *m-ti-s      
141 wet *s-nyak      
143 fire *mey      
143 fire *bʷar ~ *pʷar      
144 to burn word info *ka(:)ŋ      
144 to burn word info *hul ~ *hwa(:)l      
145 smoke word info *kəw      
146 ash *tal      
147 black *s-nak      
148 white *bok      
149 red *t(y)a-n      
150 yellow *hwaŋ      
152 small *z(y)əy      
153 big *ta-y      
156 thin word info *ba      
157 thick word info *tow-n ~ *dow-n      
158 narrow *gyap      
159 wide *glay      
160 painful, sick *tsa-t      
160 painful, sick *na-n ~ *na-t      
162 old word info *r-ga      
162 old word info *b-gres      
163 new *g-sar      
164 good *ma:y      
166 correct, true *ʔal      
167 night *ya      
168 day *nəy      
169 year *s-ni(:)ŋ ~ *s-nik      
171 to hide word info *s-pʷak      
171 to hide word info *bip      
176 below *ʔok      
177 this *day      
179 near *s-na:y ~ *s-ney      
180 far *dzya:l      
180 far *g-wəy-n      
182 I *ŋa-y      
183 thou *na-ŋ      
191 all *kun      
196 to count *r-tsyəy      
196 to count *b-rəy ~ *b-ris      
196 to count *ri:n      
197 One word info *tyak ~ *g-t(y)ik      
197 One word info *ʔit      
198 Two word info *g-ni-s      
199 Three word info *g-sum      
200 Four word info *b-ləy      
201 Five word info *l-ŋa ~ *b-ŋa      
202 Six word info *d-k-ruk      
203 Seven word info *s-ni-s      
204 Eight word info *b-r-gyat ~ *b-g-ryat      
205 Nine word info *d-kəw ~ *s-kəw      
206 Ten word info *ts(y)i(y) ~ *tsyay      
206 Ten word info *g(y)ip      
207 Twenty word info *m-kul      
209 One Hundred word info *b-r-gya      
210 One Thousand word info *s-toŋ      

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